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Doug Donahue
Entrada Group
Phone: (210) 828-8300
Email: ddonahue@entradagroup.com
Web site: www.entradagroup.com

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Taunya Renson-Martin
Mach Media
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Entrada Group Presents Comparative Study on Cost, Risks and Benefits of Manufacturing in Select Latin American Locations

Full results to be presented at Purdue University’s Global Supply Chain Management Initiative Annual Conference in February.

San Antonio, Texas - January 31, 2011 - On February 11, Entrada Group Principal and President Paul M. Karon will attend Purdue University's Annual Supply Chain Management Conference to present, for the first time, the results of Entrada Group's study on the cost, benefits and risks of nearshore manufacturing locations in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

The study's results provide key insights for manufacturers serving the North American market. It evaluates total delivered cost and other risks in the interior and border regions of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. By using a model of a hypothetical enterprise and by comparing labor and operational conditions, the study clearly reveals that an interior location in Mexico, followed by the Mexico border and then Honduras are the most suitable locations for light manufacturing for the NAFTA region. Direct labor costs and freight costs were significant defining factors.

Paul Karon has 20 years of experience in the manufacturing sector in Mexico both as an owner and management executive in the maquila industry. Before founding the Entrada Group in 2002, he was the US shareholder and CEO of one of the largest shelter companies in Mexico. Before he chose Zacatecas as the site of Entrada's first manufacturing park, Mr. Karon spent one year evaluating a myriad of locations that could help optimize the competitiveness of manufacturers. It is thanks to the extensive research conducted by his company and his own professional experience that he has been invited to share key findings with manufacturers and supply chain leaders who are exploring new locations and opportunities to gain a competitive edge.

The Annual Supply Chain Management Conference of Purdue University's Global Supply Chain Management Initiative is in its sixth year. The theme is "Unleashing the Global Supply Chain" and speakers will aim to address: "Where are key locations and why should my business be interested?" "What are the barriers to 'unleashing' this new supply chain?" "What do new opportunities look like?" and "What can be learned from my own or others' past experiences?"

Conference organizers expect to welcome an audience of undergraduate and MBA students, manufacturing and supply chain industry professionals and Purdue University faculty.

For a full summary of the report's findings, please contact Doug Donahue at ddonahue@entradagroup.com. Alternately, listen to the Entrada Group podcast interview with Kevin Jackson entitled "Best Locations for Offshore Manufacturing in North and Central America" found here: http://entradagroup.com/podcasts.asp.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Entrada Group is a leading manufacturing shelter operator. It partners with international manufacturers seeking to enhance their competitiveness in the global market by swiftly and easily establishing a low-cost production facility in Mexico and the Americas to serve North American markets. On behalf of the manufacturer, Entrada Group oversees the legal and practical requirements of setting up operations in the host country and provides ongoing production support services, which leaves the client free to focus on its key competency: manufacturing

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In the US:

Doug Donahue
Entrada Group
Phone: (210) 828-8300
Email: ddonahue@entradagroup.com
Web site: www.entradagroup.com

In Europe:

Taunya Renson-Martin
Mach Media
Phone: +32 9 243 6011
Email: taunya.renson@machmedia.be

Entrada Group Appoints Sal Martínez, Director Of Operations

San Antonio, Texas – 2 December 2010 – Entrada Group has appointed Sal Martínez as Director of Operations for its industrial park based in Zacatecas, Mexico. With more than twenty years experience in providing strategy, planning and operations management for international manufacturing companies located in both the US and Mexico, Martínez brings an enormous wealth of knowledge and understanding about the issues that most concern the diverse range of manufacturers operating within the Entrada Group Park.

As Director of Operations, Martínez oversees the coordination of all services for Entrada Group clients, to include the recruitment and hiring of personnel, administrative finance, IT services and support, the import/export of goods and materials, facility expansion and all issues related to the upkeep of buildings and grounds.

Before joining Entrada Group, Sal Martínez was a Senior Lean Consultant at Incito Consulting, charged with delivering and deploying rapid, measurable and sustainable lean solutions in manufacturing, logistics and transactional operations across a range of industries. Prior, Martínez served as Director of Operations for office products manufacturer Esselte Corporation in Tijuana, Mexico and Vice President & General Manager of Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc, where he had P&L responsibility and managed logistics, materials, purchasing, manufacturing, engineering, quality, human resources, and budget control.

Even earlier career achievements include roles as General Manager of QTRON, Inc, an electronics contract manufacturer, Manufacturing Operations Manager of Allied-Signal Aerospace Corp, and Quality Assurance Manager of Cincinnati Electronics Corp.

“We are delighted to have a new Ops Director who is both comfortable in the world of manufacturing and adept in managing the corporate and administrative functions of the business,” says Entrada Group President Paul Karon. “Sal has a proven ability to run Mexican companies as profitable enterprises, and demonstrates a thorough understanding of all facets of operating an international business in Mexico.”

“My desire is to optimize performance and productivity across the organization, relying a great deal on my expertise and strong interest in lean operations,” says Martínez. “I’d like to help promote the forging of closer relationships among the companies in the park and facilitate the sharing of best practices in order to reveal potentially valuable synergies among them.”

For Editors: Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Entrada Group is a leading manufacturing shelter operator in Mexico. It partners with international manufacturers seeking to enhance their competitiveness in the global market by swiftly and easily establishing a Mexico-based, low-cost production facility to serve North American markets. On behalf of the manufacturer, Entrada Group oversees the legal and practical requirements of setting up operations in Mexico and provides ongoing production support services, which leaves the client free to focus on its key competency: manufacturing.

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Doug Donahue
Entrada Group
Phone: (210) 828-8300
Email: ddonahue@entradagroup.com
Web site: www.entradagroup.com

MC Assembly

Austin, TX — October 28, 2010 — Today Entrada Group announces that MC Assembly and the Entrada Group have agreed to a five-year extension of their strategic relationship in Mexico. MC Assembly is a leader in the electronic contract manufacturing industry and serves its North American clients from its operations in Melbourne, Florida; Winchester, Massachusetts; and Zacatecas, Mexico. MC’s diverse client base competes in the industrial, medical, aerospace, and defense markets.

Since partnering with Entrada Group in Mexico, MC Assembly has been able to provide its clients with a broader range of manufacturing options and price-point needs. The Zacatecas facility uses the exact same process as MC Assembly’s Palm Bay, Florida, operation, assuring seamless quality for MC Assembly’s clients who wish to transition operations to Mexico. To meet its clients’ manufacturing demands, MC Assembly’s Zacatecas operation has grown from 20 to 600 employees in the past five years.

“The quality and value of our Mexico production surpasses our — and more importantly, our clients’ — expectations,” says Mark McReynolds, MC Assembly CFO. “We’ve spent decades building a solid reputation of manufacturing quality electronic components and products efficiently and cost-effectively, and our Zacatecas plant is no exception. With Entrada’s support, we’ve been able to continue our success across borders — and our clients have never been more satisfied.”

Entrada Group is a US company based in Austin, Texas, and Zacatecas, Mexico. Entrada partners with its international clients to quickly create an offshore manufacturing operation in Mexico that the client controls and Entrada supports.

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Doug Donahue
Entrada Group
Phone: (210) 828-8300
Email: ddonahue@entradagroup.com
Web site: www.entradagroup.com

Entrada Group Announces Strategic Mexico Manufacturer Contract with CMA Cables and Axiom Industries

Austin, TX – October 31 2008 - Entrada Group is pleased to announce that both CMA Cables and Axiom Industries have contracted with Entrada and are now among its Mexico manufacturers. We will provide integrated manufacturing shared shelter services to assist in the transition, start-up, and management of their new operations at Entrada Group’s Industrial Park in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Both companies plan to utilize their first Mexican manufacturing operations to produce products for both re-export to the United States and Canada as well as potentially supplying other OEM operations located throughout Mexico.

“After first evaluating our options in China, we went through an extensive search of different sites in Mexico to determine which location would be most cost effective and reliable for our clientele. As cost is an important variable in our clienteles purchasing process, we wanted to choose an area and business model that would provide us with a sustainable cost structure. The Fresnillo location offered reliable cost effective labor and Entrada’s shared service structure provides us with an effective tool to minimize overhead cost. We are confident that the Fresnillo location will pay dividends for us and our clients for years to come,” said Bob Penicka, President Axiom Industries.

According to Tom Huggins, Vice President of CMA Cables, “In the automotive industry it is critical to get the right cost structure in place to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership for our customers. When evaluating the Fresnillo location and Entrada, we wanted a location that met our cost needs but more important, a partner that understands the current international manufacturing environment and is investing for the future. These are challenging times but with making strategic investments and partnering with forward thinking companies we are confident that CMA will excel in our market.”

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Entrada Group is a leading manufacturing shelter operator in Mexico. They partner with international manufacturers who need to enhance their competitiveness in the global market. For its Mexico manufacturers, Entrada Group minimizes client risk of moving into a low cost production area by allowing the client to focus in on manufacturing while Entrada Group focuses setting up and running critical production support functions in a foreign field.